The dialogue between the two is so cute and funny and very clever. Find movie and film cast and crew information for follow the fleet 1936 mark sandrich on allmovie. Rogerss career spanned fiftyseven years, from 1930 to 1987. And although critics would carp about the story taking up too much screen time, it has one of the teams best scores ever by irving berlin.
Earthworm tractors 1936 classic movie film full length old black and white. For their films to last memorably with more punch over the years, they really needed a writing team more like comden and green if such a team had been around then to add zest and wittiness that would blend perfectly with the music and dance. Full online access to this resource is only available at the library of congress. Follow the fleet 1936 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Just reunited, expartners and excouple sherry and bake ginger rogers and fred astaire, at the club where she works and he s visiting as an onleave sailor, with a plucky little dance challenge, reprising an irving berlin song, with jimmy dorsey s band, in follow the.
Find release information for follow the fleet 1936 mark sandrich on allmovie. Follow the fleet 1936 sailors bake baker fred astaire and bilge randolph scott have just docked in san francisco. Follow the fleet 1936 id rather lead a band youtube. Swing time is a 1936 american rko musical comedy film set mainly in new york city, and starring fred astaire and ginger rogers. But its not all smooth sailingbake has a habit of losing sherrys jobs for her and, despite connies dreams, bilge is not ready to settle down. The demon barber of fleet street1h 16min drama, horror march 1936 uk a fleet street barber recounts the story of sweeney todd, a notorious barber who in the last century murdered many customers for their money. Follow the fleet 1936 for their fourth film together, fred astaire and ginger rogers borrowed the most popular elements from previous pictures, but with enough variations to make follow the fleet 1936 their secondhighest grossing film ever. When the fleet puts in at san francisco, sailor bake baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old dancing partner, sherry martin, while bakes buddy bilge smith romances sherrys sister, connie. Watch follow the fleet online stream full movie directv. By the time they made this movie, theyd appeared in flying down to rio 1933, the gay divorcee 1934 their first film together as romantic leads, roberta 1935 and top hat 1935. Follow the fleet is a 1936 american rko musical comedy film with a nautical theme starring. For bake, the goal is to get back together with his former flame and. The musical scenes in this movie are exceptional and fun to watch. Read the full synopsis of follow the fleet, 1936, directed by mark sandrich, with fred astaire, ginger rogers, randolph scott, at turner classic movies.
Ginger rogers and fred astaires 10 films ranked by how. When the fleet puts in at san francisco, sailor bake baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old dancing partner, sherry martin, while bakes buddy bilge smith romances sherrys sister connie. But things do not go as planned for the couples, as bakes shaky unemployment history. See the sellers listing for full details and description of any imperfections. And although critics would carp about the story taking up too much screen time, it has one of the. In 1925, the play became a musical entitled hit the deck. Follow the fleet 1936 stream and watch online moviefone. Follow the fleet gets astaire out of his signature top hat, white tie, and tails and into the uniform of a seaman.
Sep 08, 2014 swing time 1936 comedy, musical, romance. Its also fun seeing lucille ball as a blond and betty grable before she became a star. Motion picture poster for follow the fleet shows fred astaire, ginger rogers, harriet hilliard, and randolph scott. It was my introduction to the movies of fred and ginger and has always been one of my favourites.
Bilge, now a chief petty officer, is ordered to locate and arrest him, but allows bake to complete the show. Follow the fleet 1936 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. It also features randolph scott, harriet hilliard, and astrid allwyn, with music and lyrics by irving berlin. The film was follow the fleet, the 1936 movie from rko that was the fifth of their nine with fred astaire and ginger rogers the 10 th astairerogers film, the barkleys of broadway, was made at mgm in 1949, 10 years after the last one for rko, and was originally intended as a followup to easter parade featuring astaire and judy garland until judy had one of her nervous breakdowns and was. Initially signing with paramount pictures in 1930, she quickly opted out of her contract and worked for several studios, most notably for warner brothers in musicals 42nd street 1933 and. Song lets face the music and dance follow the fleet artist fred astaire. Follow the fleet was extremely successful at the box office, and during 1936, astaires recorded versions of let yourself go, im putting all my eggs in one basket, and lets face the music and dance reached their highest positions of 3rd, 2nd, 3rd respectively in the us hit parade. Oct 18, 2007 first scene of movie follow the fleet 1936. Jul 12, 2018 follow the fleet 1936 was ginger rogers and fred astaires fifth film together. Album magic of the musicals original cast recordings. Follow the fleet 1936 we saw the sea astairerogers movie. Chief petty officer, is ordered to locate and arrest him, but allows bake to complete the show. One fringe benefit of follow the fleet is spotting two freshfaced starlets. I always enjoy seeing the astounding couple in a different scenario.
For bake, the goal is to get back together with his former flame and onetime dance partner, sherry ginger rogers. Details about follow the fleet 1936 we saw the sea astairerogers movie sheet music q01. That same year, shore leave was adapted for the screen, followed by a movie version of hit the deck in 1930. Follow the fleet is een amerikaanse muziekfilm uit 1936 onder regie van mark sandrich. Overview full credits full synopsis notes music screenplay info original print info genre keywords. Photo, print, drawing follow the fleet digital file from color film copy transparency full online access to this resource is only available at the library of congress. Astaire is a sailor on shore leave who meets up with old flame rogers. As woefully with too many astairerogers films, the script tends to be the films undoing. But it wasnt the whole movie and the rest was kind of rough. Winds of the wasteland 1936 comedy, romance, western john wayne, phyllis cerf and lew kelly. Starring fred astaire, ginger rogers, randolph scott and harriet hilliard.
Follow the fleet is a 1936 musical and romantic comedy directed by mark sandrich that centers on the colorful life of navy sailors and their mainland girlfriends. Follow the fleet is a 1936 american rko musical comedy film with a nautical theme starring fred astaire and ginger rogers in their fifth collaboration as dance partners. Follow the fleet 1936 movie clip you probably couldnt. Follow the fleet 1936 wikimedia commons astaire performed a stride piano version of im putting all my eggs in one basket as an introduction to the full musical number.
Follow the fleet was the first vhs video i ever bought at the age of 14 in 1985. However, the random adorable little monkey was almost enough to. And more than that, they give top hats, tails and evening gowns a rest for most of the film, playing rather typical people. By the time they made this movie, theyd appeared in flying. Sailors bake baker fred astaire and bilge randolph scott have just docked in san francisco. Watch follow the fleet starring fred astaire in this comedy on. Unfortunately, that happiness is quickly squashed when said musical film is also chalk full of weird sexist undertones. Aug 31, 2008 rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. Released 1936, follow the fleet stars fred astaire, ginger rogers, randolph scott, harriet hilliard the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 50 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. When follow the fleet was released to commercial tv in the 1950s, because of its length, musical numbers, most frequently harriet nelsons two songs, were cut to make more room for commercials. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing follow the fleet near you. Follow the fleet 1936 movies, tv, celebs, and more. One of the quickest ways to make my heart happy is to watch a feelgood musical chalk full of tap dance numbers. Ginger rogers and fred astaire star in another glorious rko musical in which they perform one of their greatest dance numbers, irving berlins lets face the music and dance.
Fred and ginger play what they really are, professional dancers. Irving berlin wrote get thee behind me, satan for fred and gingers previous movie, top hat 1935, but the song. Not to mention this film contains some of the best songs recorded by the two. Follow the fleet 1936 movie clip lets face the music. Follow the fleet 1936 1080p bluray x265 hevc 10bit aac 2. From the shipboard fundraiser, bake fred astaire and sherry ginger rogers, with irving berlins famous song, including the moment, just over two minutes in, where he gets clocked by the sleeve of her 25pound dress, in follow the fleet, 1936. I really like follow the fleet 1935 a lot, despite its weak points, because theres so little pretense here. Details about follow the fleet 1936 we saw the sea astaire. Swing time 1936 comedy, musical, romance film gorillas. Follow the fleet 1936 was ginger rogers and fred astaires fifth film together. Follow the fleet was adapted from a 1922 play called shore leave about a sailor with 24 hour liberty. See the full list of follow the fleet cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more.
The ginger rogers filmography lists the film appearances of american actress ginger rogers, as well as her television, stage, and radio credits. When bilge meets sherrys sister, connie harriet hilliard, he, too, has romance in mind. Then follow the fleet appeared in 1936, though with a new irving berlin score. Dec 16, 2008 i really like follow the fleet 1935 a lot, despite its weak points, because theres so little pretense here. In our opinion, its one of the best hollywood musical comedies ever made. This was a common fate that often befell musical productions deemed too long to fit predetermined shorter time slots, the amount of mutilation. This is my alltime favorite fred astaire and ginger rogers film.
Fred astaire follow the fleet 1936 we saw the sea youtube. Fred astaire and ginger rogers in follow the fleet 1936 irving berlin in follow the fleet 1936. Follow the fleet 1936 lucille ball as kitty collins. Poster announcing that harry houdini will be shackled and thrown into the river off new yorks battery in a sealed packing case, from which he will attempt to escape, july 15, 1914. Not as dazzling as top hat or swing time but its a good movie just the same. Updating my collection, i purchased the dvd version and im very pleased with the quality and picture and sound over all. Follow the fleet full screen dvd 1936 turner home ent. Follow the fleet 1936 lucille ball as kitty collins youtube.
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